Mark Connelly , Managing Director Information Risk & Security, CSFB
Mark Connelly is Managing Director for Credit Suisse and responsible for Risk and Security for the Credit Suisse global infrastructure. Responsibilities include risk reviews, risk and strategy alignment with the IT business objectives and reporting to the Head of Risk and the Head of Infrastructure key risk factors. His global team works closely with the multiple lines of business in the firm including Legal and Audit. He has lead key risk projects to position the firm against the ever changing threat profile and improve the policy framework and key risk indicators used for effective decision making. Prior to Credit Suisse, Mark was Chief Information Security Officer for Sun Microsystems, Inc. He was responsible for securing the digital assets within Sun IT. The functions included prevention/protection against SPAM, Virus attacks, intrusion detection, threat vulnerability assessments, overall IT security management, incident management, security awareness, standards/procedure development and deployment.Mark continues to work closely with industry groups and government on issues related to IT security and public policy in the technology and security arena. Mark was with Sun Microsystems over 18 years. He has held the position of VP IT responsible for all SMI Customer Resource and Call Management Systems solutions to support a SMI revenue stream of over $11B. Prior to his position as V.P. IT he was V.P. Global Systems Engineering for Sun. In addition, he has held Senior Management positions as Systems Engineering Director in both domestic and global markets. He has also been Director for Enterprise Engineering in the Computer Systems Product group and Director for Worldwide Systems Engineering for Software Development Products in Sun Microsystems Software Product Group. He has architected and led key availability and quality initiatives and programs for SMI. Prior to Sun, Mark held the position of Member of Technical Staff for 8 years with AT&T Bell Labs in N.J. He holds an M.S.E.E. from the Server Institute at Washington University, St. Louis, MO., a B.A. from Washington University St. Louis, MO., and an M.A. from University of Missouri - Columbia, MO. He has over 20 years of experience in the computer and technology industry.